Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory

Chapter IV. Future Digital Forensic Investigation Challenges

This section looks at the challenges in computer forensic investigations and their management, which are expected to affect the people involved in the future. It looks at the changing importance of computer forensics in the criminal justice system and the technological developments that are likely to affect our ability to support investigations. The section finishes with some final thoughts by the authors.

• Chapter 22. The Future of Digital Forensics and Its Role in Crime Investigations. This chapter looks at the effect that changes in the technologies and the ways in which they are used will affect digital forensics, and the role that this plays in an increasing range of criminal investigations. ...